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2024 Baseball Roster

Greg Siller
Ali Hoffman
Kelsey Lang

5 Niko Diaz

5 Niko Diaz

  • Position:
    Outfielder
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Weight:
    160
  • Hometown:
    Temecula, Calif.
  • Prev School:
    Wisconsin-Parkside

Summary

Biography

ACADEMIC AWARDS
  • D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2020-21, 2023-24)
  • CCAA All-Academic (2019-20, 2020-21)
  • CCAA Spring Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Mangrum Award for Academic Excellence (Fall 2022)
  • Big Blue Award (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020)
  • Cougar Award (Spring 2021, Spring 2022)
  • 2023-24 CSUSM Student-Athlete Advisory Committee President

ATHLETIC AWARDS
  • 2022-23 CSUSM Baseball Student-Athlete of the Year

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR IN 2024
  • Played in 25 games and made seven starts.
  • Hit .219 with 10 runs, seven hits, seven walks, four RBIs, a double, a triple, a .390 on-base percentage and a .313 slugging percentage.
  • Had a season-high two hits two runs and a double against Cal State San Bernardino (March 9).

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2023
  • Started all 45 games.
  • Scored a team-leading 31 runs while hitting .274 with 43 hits, 14 walks, 13 RBIs, five doubles and one triple.
  • Led the team with 10 sacrifice bunts – tying for the second most in a season at CSUSM.
  • Had 10 multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games.
  • Tallied a career-high four hits with three runs and a stolen base against Concordia (Feb. 18).
  • Had another four-hit game at Cal State LA (March 19) as he scored three runs with an RBI and double.

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2022
  • Played in 41 games and made 40 starts.
  • Hit .264 with a .717 OPS, 34 hits, 33 runs, 25 RBIs and six stolen bases while leading the team with 18 hit-by-pitches and six sacrifice bunts.
  • Had a season-best three hits with three RBIs and two runs against Concordia University Irvine (Feb. 15).
  • Posted a career-high four RBIs with two doubles against Regis (Feb. 6).

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2021
  • Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2020
  • Played in 14 games with nine starts.
  • Hit .147 with five hits, three RBIs, two runs and a double.
  • Led the Cougars with five stolen bases in six attempts.
  • Had a season-high two hits in five at-bats while tallying a stolen base at San Francisco State (Feb. 23).
  • Posted a season-high two RBIs with a double in four-bats in the win over Cal State Dominguez Hills (Feb. 14).
  • Remainder of 2020 season was canceled on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019 AT WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE
  • Earned All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference second-team honors.
  • Led the team in batting average (.294), OPS (.736) and on-base percentage (.403).
  • Led the Rangers with a .344 batting average and a .481 on-base percentage in conference play.
  • Played in 39 games and started in 34.
  • Named to the Dean's List.

HIGH SCHOOL
  • 2018 graduate of Chaparral High School in Temecula, California.
  • Played for coach Brian Brown.
  • Was the 2018 Team MVP.

PERSONAL
  • Hometown is Temecula, California.
  • Son of Michael and Jannyna Diaz.
  • Has one older brother, Jessie.
  • Wants to open a successful business that not only helps his family, but also helps others.
  • Likes to fish, play video games, play sports and camp.
  • His greatest influence is Jose Altuve.
  • Favorite film is Major League.
  • Roots for the Los Angeles Angels, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers.
  • Favorite athletes are Jose Altuve and Francisco Lindor.
  • Most memorable moment is starting in left field as a freshman in Nashville, Tennessee, and going 3-for-5 with an RBI.
  • Is a third-degree black belt in Taekwondo.
  • Majoring in Business.
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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2020Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'7" 160 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'7" 160 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'7" 160 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Outfielder
    5'7" 160 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Outfielder
    5'7" 160 lbs
    5